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Nominations Now Open for Annual “Izzy Award” for Independent Media
The Izzy Award will celebrate its 15th year this spring, and nominations are officially open for work produced during the calendar year 2022. The Park Center for Independent Media at Ithaca College (PCIM) will again grant this honor — named after legendary journalist...
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Post-9/11 War Spending Exceeds $8 Trillion | Heidi Peltier of The Costs of War Project
When you put all of that together, these post-9/11 wars have already cost, or will cost, $8 trillion. And that number may continue to rise.
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